A longtime Republican, Mr. Boulos built his fortune selling automobiles in Nigeria. The marriage in 2022 of his son to Tiffany Trump propelled him into the inner circle of the billionaire newly elected to the White House.
The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) announced on Sunday that it would suspend the delivery of aid to the Gaza Strip from a key crossing point with Israel, the delivery having become « impossible ». “We are suspending the delivery of aid through Kerem Shalom, the main crossing point for humanitarian aid into Gaza”a “difficult decision (…) as hunger worsens rapidly »announced on X the head of UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini.
New Israeli bombings have killed at least 20 people in the Gaza Strip, reports the Reuters news agency. The health ministry of the Hamas government in Gaza announced on Sunday a new death toll of 44,429 in the Palestinian territory since October 2023. At least 47 people were killed in the last twenty-four hours, it said. reported in a press release. Figures deemed reliable by the United Nations (UN).
The Israeli government must “finally keep its promises to streamline humanitarian aid to Gaza and to grant sufficient humanitarian access at all times”declares the German Deputy Foreign Minister, Tobias Lindner, in a press release published Sunday before a trip to Egypt.
The leaders of the member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) meeting at a summit in Kuwait demanded on Sunday “an immediate and permanent cessation of Israeli fire and military operations” as well as “the delivery of humanitarian aid and relief supplies necessary to meet the basic needs of the inhabitants of Gaza”.
The United States “actively working” for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, but “we’re not there yet”White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday.
In Yemen, the Houthis claimed responsibility for a missile attack on Sunday. “ballistic missile” towards central Israel. The operation aimed at “vital target in the Jaffa region of occupied Palestine” and was “conducted with a hypersonic ballistic missile”write the Yemeni rebels in a press release.
Pope Francis on Sunday sent a “urgent invitation to all Lebanese politicians” to be elected ” right away “ a president. And this in order “that institutions return to normal functioning to carry out the necessary reforms and ensure the country plays its role as an example of peaceful cohabitation between different religions”he declared at the end of his traditional Sunday Angelus prayer in public in Saint-Pierre Square.
In a column published on Sunday, the editor-in-chief of the Israeli newspaper HaaretzAluf Benn, accuses the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, of wanting “delegator” et “financially strangled” the center-left daily, ensuring that it is not “the only target in the government’s crosshairs”.
